Si cand vorbim despre momentul 0 al Universului, stiinta se declara neputincioasa, asa ca nu ne ramane decat sa credem sau sa filozofam...
Stiinta se declara neputincioasa deocamdata.
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Ai de ales intre doua incertitudini, ce-i drept, insa in vreme ce termenul de "God" tine de credinta (adica de un domeniu care prin definitie se situeaza inafara cunoasterii stiintifice, si intra in sfera celei revelate), cealalta tine de stiinta, si de metoda stiintifica...
E de bun simt si, aici, esti de acord cu Dawkins:
QUOTE('Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion')
What worries thoughtful theologians such as Bonhoeffer is that gaps shrink as science advances, and God is threatened with eventually having nothing to do and nowhere to hide. What worries scientists is something else. It is an essential part of the scientific enterprise to admit ignorance, even to exult in ignorance as a challenge to future conquests. As my friend Matt Ridley has written, 'Most scientists are bored by what they have already discovered. It is ignorance that drives them on.' Mystics exult in mystery and want it to stay mysterious. Scientists exult in mystery for a different reason: it gives them something to do.
Neplacut pentru ambele parti este, insa, acest gen de creationism:
QUOTE('Richard Dawkins - The God Delusion')
Creationists eagerly seek a gap in present-day knowledge or understanding. If an apparent gap is found, it is assumed that God, by default, must fill it. [...]
A lot more work needs to be done, of course, and I'm sure it will be. Such work would never be done if scientists were satisfied with a lazy default such as 'intelligent design theory' would encourage. Here is the message that an imaginary 'intelligent design theorist' might broadcast to scientists: 'If you don't understand how something works, never mind: just give up and say God did it. You don't know how the nerve impulse works? Good! You don't understand how memories are laid down in the brain? Excellent! Is photosynthesis a bafflingly complex process? Wonderful! Please don't go to work on the problem, just give up, and appeal to God. Dear scientist, don't work on your mysteries. Bring us your mysteries, for we can use them. Don't squander precious ignorance by researching it away. We need those glorious gaps as a last refuge for God.'
A lot more work needs to be done, of course, and I'm sure it will be. Such work would never be done if scientists were satisfied with a lazy default such as 'intelligent design theory' would encourage. Here is the message that an imaginary 'intelligent design theorist' might broadcast to scientists: 'If you don't understand how something works, never mind: just give up and say God did it. You don't know how the nerve impulse works? Good! You don't understand how memories are laid down in the brain? Excellent! Is photosynthesis a bafflingly complex process? Wonderful! Please don't go to work on the problem, just give up, and appeal to God. Dear scientist, don't work on your mysteries. Bring us your mysteries, for we can use them. Don't squander precious ignorance by researching it away. We need those glorious gaps as a last refuge for God.'
E neplacut atat pentru oamenii de stiinta, care trebuie sa-si cenzureze fiecare declaratie de teama reinterpretarilor unora si e neplacut si pentru adevaratii credinciosi si teologi care vad cum Dumnezeu trebuie sa dea pas cu pas inapoi, pe masura ce anumite gap-uri dispar. Daca ai o dogma in care crezi mai presus de orice, ramai cu ea in pofida tuturor evidentelor contrarii; e singura cale onorabila pentru un credincios si ortodoxia pare sa urmeze o astfel de cale.